GSA Can't Fix $450M Travel Contract Price: Court

Law360, New York (August 26, 2011, 7:29 PM EDT) -- A federal court ruled Friday that the U.S. General Services Administration had violated customary commercial practice by soliciting a 15-year fixed pricing schedule for a $450 million travel management contract, but dismissed the rest of CW Government Travel Inc.'s motion for judgment against the agency.

“GSA's inclusion in the solicitation of the 15-year fixed pricing schedule violates customary commercial practice and is therefore, in the absence of a valid waiver, arbitrary, capricious and contrary to law,” the U.S. Court of Federal Claims said. “Judgment is in...